The forgotten founders

Udall, Stewart L.

The forgotten founders rethinking the history of the Old West / [electronic resource] : Stewart L. Udall ; foreword by David M. Emmons. - Washington, D.C. : Covelo, Calif. : Island Press ; Shearwater Books, c2002. - xxviii, 237 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-224) and index.

Native peoples : the first forgotten founders -- European settlers : human faces, far-flung places -- Explorers and fur trappers -- The religion factor in western settlement -- The manifest destiny morass -- California gold fever -- Bootstrap capitalism in the Old West -- The Wild West and the wrenching of the American chronicle -- The Wild West and the settlers : contrasting visions.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
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West (U.S.)--History.
West (U.S.)--Historiography.


Electronic books.

F591 / .U45 2002eb

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